Sashima District, Ibaraki

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Sashima (猿島郡, Sashima-gun) is a district located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Following the Bandō merger but with 2004 population data, the district has an estimated population of 125,153 and a density of 726 persons per km². The total area is 172.25 km².^[1]

Towns and villages[edit]

Goka
Sakai

Mergers[edit]

On March 22, 2005, the town of Sashima merged with the neighboring city of Iwai forming the city of Bandō.
On September 12, 2005, the towns of Sanwa and Sōwa merged into the city of Koga.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Sashima (District (-gun), Ibaraki, Japan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
^ 茨城県. "いばらきの市町村合併". 茨城県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-14.

v t e Ibaraki Prefecture
Mito (capital)
Core city	Mito
Special city	Tsukuba
Cities	Bandō Chikusei Hitachi Hitachinaka Hitachiōmiya Hitachiōta Hokota Inashiki Ishioka Itako Jōsō Kamisu Kasama Kashima Kasumigaura Kitaibaraki Koga Moriya Naka Namegata Omitama Ryūgasaki Sakuragawa Shimotsuma Takahagi Toride Tsuchiura Tsukubamirai Ushiku Yūki
Districts	Higashiibaraki District Ibaraki Ōarai Shirosato Inashiki District Ami Kawachi Miho Kitasōma District Tone Kuji District Daigo Naka District Tōkai Sashima District Goka Sakai Yūki District Yachiyo
List of mergers in Ibaraki Prefecture

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